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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2016
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Curtis William Moeckel, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Andrew Breeze-Stringfellow, Montgomery, OH (US);
Peter John Wood, Loveland, OH (US);
Eric Andrew Falk, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 27/00 (2006.01); F04D 29/56 (2006.01); F04D 27/02 (2006.01); F02C 9/20 (2006.01); F02C 9/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 27/002 (2013.01); F02C 9/20 (2013.01); F04D 27/001 (2013.01); F04D 27/0246 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2220/3219 (2013.01); F05D 2270/1024 (2013.01); F05D 2270/304 (2013.01); F05D 2270/3015 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method of controlling a multi-stage compressor of a gas turbine engine having a front-block of stages with variable stator vanes (VSVs), a rear block of stages downstream of the front-block, and a bleed air off-take from at least one of the stages. The method includes sensing the pressure of the bleed air from the bleed air off-take and adjusting the position of the VSV for the front-block.